A valid reason for restricting areas of the library is today's parents. The
first time that a first grade class came into the library this year a
student checked out a book that the parents thought was too hard for him (a
book in the easy collection) and really made a fuss. We are a K-8 school
and since the teacher is not in the library, it is very hard for me to
supervise little ones on the nonfiction shelves. I individually help the
ones who want books on a specific nonfiction topic and shelve books such as
Grolier's Nature's Children separately so that the students can easily
identify them.
As you know now, parents will go to the administration when something goes
wrong instead of coming to the library to merely exchange a book that they
feel is too hard for the student. It is very unfortunate. I even have
parents who will not let their children check out books at all, even to let
the books remain in the classroom instead of taking them home. They are
afraid that the children will lose the books and have to pay for them.
Retirement is looking better and better.
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Madeline L. Buchanan
Library Media Specialist
W. J. Christian School (K-8)
Birmingham, AL
Voice: (205) 231-5277
Fax: (205) 231-5279
Email: mlbuchanan1@charter.net
Email: mlbuchan@hiwaay.net
http://mlbuchan.home.hiwaay.net
http://www.wwisp.com/~wjcs/
"The imagination should be allowed a certain
amount of time to browse around."
--Thomas Merton
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